Golf Courses as Hotspots for Biodiversity in the Desert Southwest

Total Funding: $86,400 (2000-2003)
Principal Investigator: Michelle Zwartjes

USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
2205 Columbia SE,
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 766-1047

This project will investigate the distribution and abundance of birds and other wildlife on golf courses in the southwestern United State's Middle Rio Grande Valley. In addition, this project will investigate how golf course vegetation impacts wildlife habitat value, and will examine whether golf courses mitigate loss of other southwestern riparian zones.